Billion Dollar Unicorns: Grab Becomes the Most Valuable Startup in Southeast Asia

According to a study conducted by Google, the South East Asian taxi on-demand service is projected to grow from 18% annually over the next nine years to be a $13 billion industry by the year 2025. The number of monthly riders using these services is expected to grow from 7.3 million in 2016 to 29 million by 2025. Singapore-based Grab, also known as GrabTaxi, is riding high on this growth to become the most valuable Billion Dollar Unicorn story from Southeast Asia.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Reddit is in No Rush to Go Public

According to a survey conducted by the Reuters Institute Digital News, 13% of North American users surveyed used Google News as their weekly news aggregator. Reddit came a distant second at 7%, followed by Flipboard with a 5% usage in the region. After years of controversy, Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Reddit is now more confident of its future as it eyes an IPO before the end of the decade.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Kabbage Mulling Over an IPO

According to FT Partners, the FinTech market saw a record 412 financial deals during the third quarter of 2017. One of the largest deals in the quarter involved a $250 million investment by Softbank in Billion Dollar Unicorn Kabbage. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: 23andMe in High Gear

According to a recent report from Research and Markets, the global genetic testing market is estimated to grow from $4.6 billion in 2017 to $5.8 billion in 2022 at a CAGR of 11.7% driven by aging global population, rising incidences of genetic and hereditary diseases, growing awareness, technological advancements and rise in application of genetic testing for early detection of various diseases. A major player and Billion Dollar Unicorn in this market is 23andMe. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Rong360 Goes Public on NYSE as Jianpu

In the second half of the year, there has been a flurry of Chinese FinTech companies going public in the US. Jianpu Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Billion Dollar Unicorn Rong360 is the latest to list on the NYSE under the ticker JT. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: New Relic at a 52-Week High

According to Gartner, the Application Performance Management market grew 13% to $2.93 billion in 2016. With enterprise businesses continuing to rapidly adopt cloud technologies, the APM market is expected to reach $5.6 billion by 2020. The market is led by Dynatrace with 14.2% share followed by IBM with 8% share and New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) with 6.3% share. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Zscaler Getting Ready for IPO

According to Gartner, cloud-based security web gateways services are showing rapid growth with a five-year historical compound annual growth rate of 32%, compared to just 5% for on-premise appliances. Billion Dollar Unicorn Zscaler has been named as a leader in the Gartner Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant for the seventh consecutive year. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: HelloFresh Lists Successfully

According to research from Second Measure, the US meal kit market is worth $5 billion and is led by Blue Apron with a 57.5% market share. Early this month, Billion Dollar Unicorn HelloFresh , which has a market share of 28.4%, listed successfully on the Frankfurt exchange. While Blue Apron’s market share is plummeting, HelloFresh is on the rise. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Microvast Charges into the Club

According to Grand View Research, the global electric vehicle charging infrastructure market was valued at $1.16 billion in 2016. It is expected to gain traction over the next ten years driven by the growing demand for electric vehicles. The Asia Pacific region dominates the market with about 50% of the market share in 2016. Based on this growing demand, Chinese company Microvast entered the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club early this year. >>>

International Focus Paying Off For Salesforce

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) had another great quarter that beat analyst estimates. It is also showing good progress on its focus on the international markets. The only blemish is the miss on the fourth quarter earnings forecast. >>>